Riddle was sentenced to up to 99 years in jail at Lancaster Country District court in Nebraska

She added: "Forgive me if I don’t put a lot of faith in anything other than locking you up for as long as I can to protect every other little girl in this community from you until you’re unable…to be in a position to assault anyone ever again."

Riddle was sentenced four months after he denied first-degree sexual assault of a child, the Metro reports.

But he changed his plea to no contest in return for having kidnapping and burglarly charges against him dropped.

In a letter to the judge, Riddle claimed he was "deeply regretful" for the attack, which took place while he was high.

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